van Hek Surname
Approximately 374 people bear this surname
van Hek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 333 | 1:50,712 | 8,704 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
van Hek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Hek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Hek has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Hek? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Hek is the 763,307th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. The surname van Hek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of van Hek reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 333 people, or 1 in 50,712. In The Netherlands van Hek is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 35 percent reside, South Holland, where 25 percent reside and North Holland, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Heck | 93 | 1,245 | / |
| van Heek | 93 | 682 | / |
| van Heke | 93 | 1 | / |
| van Ek | 92 | 540 | / |
| van Hecke | 88 | 7,074 | / |
| van Hekke | 88 | 140 | / |
| van Heeck | 88 | 31 | / |
| van Heeke | 88 | 29 | / |
| van Heeks | 88 | 5 | / |
| van Cheek | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Eck | 86 | 12,338 | / |
| van Eyk | 86 | 2,543 | / |
| van Eek | 86 | 292 | / |
| van Eik | 86 | 201 | / |
| van Hex | 86 | 3 | / |
| van Eijk | 80 | 7,368 | / |
| van Eyck | 80 | 1,708 | / |
| van Huik | 80 | 83 | / |
| van Eick | 80 | 77 | / |
| van Eeks | 80 | 49 | / |
| van Ecke | 80 | 45 | / |
| van Eyke | 80 | 28 | / |
| van Huyk | 80 | 5 | / |
| van Eeck | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Ecks | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Iejk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Van-Heek | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Hyck | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Eigk | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Hyke | 80 | 0 | / |
| von Heek | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Ex | 77 | 28 | / |
| van Yk | 77 | 13 | / |
| Van-Ek | 77 | 1 | / |
| van Eijck | 75 | 918 | / |
| van Eecke | 75 | 419 | / |
| van Huyck | 75 | 189 | / |
| van Eycke | 75 | 86 | / |
| Van-Hecke | 75 | 50 | / |
| van Chaik | 75 | 3 | / |
| van Huijk | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Hicks | 75 | 1 | / |
| von Heske | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Choik | 75 | 0 | / |
| van Eig | 71 | 82 | / |
| Van-Eyk | 71 | 57 | / |
| von Eck | 71 | 36 | / |
| van Ijk | 71 | 32 | / |
| van Yck | 71 | 32 | / |
| Van-Eck | 71 | 19 | / |
| Van-Eik | 71 | 4 | / |
| van Ike | 71 | 2 | / |
| Van-Eke | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Oik | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Chaick | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Chaikc | 71 | 1 | / |
| Van-Eijk | 67 | 9 | / |
| Van-Eyck | 67 | 8 | / |
| van Huig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Ecke | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Ooyk | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Hek
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